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Linus responds to Hellwig - "the pull request you objected to DID NOT TOUCH THE DMA LAYER AT ALL... if you as a maintainer feel that you control who or what can use your code, YOU ARE WRONG." (lore.kernel.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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Hellwig is the maintainer of the DMA subsystem. Hellwig previously blocked rust bindings for DMA code, which in part resulted in Hector Martin from stepping down as a kernel maintainer and eventually Asahi Linux as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I wish this was given a less provocative title. People who read the whole post will find that it's not all shouting, and Linus' stance seems pretty even-keeled.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

But drama!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wrote the initial title. I first saw this news on Reddit with a title like "Linus slams Hellwig..." and I really don't like titles like that.

So I opted for a direct quote that was able to fit in the title bar that gave a decent summary of the situation. I do agree it's still a bit provocative, but at least it's not me putting the spin on it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Come on and slam

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the jam

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This excerpt gives context and tone:

I respect you technically, and I like working with you.

And no, I am not looking for yes-men, and I like it when you call me out on my bullshit. I say some stupid things at times, there needs to be people who just stand up to me and tell me I'm full of shit.

But now I'm calling you out on YOURS.

[–] BatmanAoD 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"don't quote the shouty bit; it's not all shouty"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

More like, "don't pick an inflammatory minor excerpt to represent a lengthy and well-reasoned post."

Similarly, don't choose a red fruit to represent a pine forest just because there happens to be an apple tree somewhere within. It's misleading.

[–] runeko 4 points 1 month ago

Mmmmmm Pineapple

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

To be fair, it's entirely possible someone else made a post about this topic with an non-sensationalized title, but no one engaged with that one. Including us.

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 1 month ago

I agree with Linus's argument here. I also think the selected quotes are the main points in that argument, not just "inflammatory minor excerpts."